The National Housing Trust (NHT) will be spending $22 billion on housing solutions this year and providing mortgage loans to 7,899 beneficiaries. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, who made...

Cabinet has approved a 15 per cent increase in the cost of a contract for the provision of security services at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre. The original contract sum of...

Over $32 billion in capital investments were facilitated by the Government's investment promotion arm, Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), during the 2008/09 fiscal year, Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, is reporting that the Scientific Research Council (SRC) has recorded significant achievements in its undertakings during the 2008/09 fiscal year. Making...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, tabled Jamaica's National Export Policy (NEP) during his 2009/10 Budget Debate presentation at Gordon House today (Wednesday, April 29). Mr. Samuda...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that the long awaited Government Small Business Procurement Policy has been approved by the Cabinet. Mr. Samuda said that,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has announced that Government will establish a Central Treasury Management System (CTMS), during this financial year. "This new aspect of financial...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has implemented a new phase of the tax amnesty programme, which will run until the end of October. Jamaicans, who are not...

The Government has developed an economic framework in an effort to improve the quality of governance in the country. The framework will address key areas such as controlling public sector...

The Government will be increasing provisions under the social safety net to provide a cushion for Jamaicans as the country grapples with the current world financial crisis. "The global economic...